Our MAG athletes are competing from Thursday 29th July and our two Rhythmic gymnasts are in action from Thursday 4th August. Viewing is via SKY’s six Birmingham channels and general highlights are on Prime. Check out all the information about the NZ Team including past Commonwealth Games history at https://www.olympic.org.nz/games/birmingham-2022/
Gymnasts of the Year 2021-22 Awarded
This morning at the opening ceremony of the 2022 New Zealand Gymnastics Championships, four athletes were recognised for their outstanding achievements in their respective gymnastics sports with the Gymnasts of the Year awards. Men’s Artistic Gymnastics: Misha Koudinov – Tri Star Gymnastics During the 2021-22 time period Misha has represented New Zealand at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, World Cups … Read More
Misha Wins Olympic Quota Spot
Mikhail (Misha) Koudinov won the 2021 Artistic Gymnastics Oceania Championships on the Gold Coast on Friday 21 May. Misha took on the Australians single-handedly at their national championships which also served as the Oceania championships and the decider for the continental spot at the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Misha is no stranger to Olympic qualification as he was selected … Read More
Member invitation to FIG e-conference
Dear Members, Following the latest FIG press release, we would like to officially invite you to the FIG e-conference aimed at ‘Finding solutions for a respectful culture and safe training environment in Gymnastics’. This e-conference has been designed as an interactive forum where gymnasts, coaches, technical experts, and administrators can express their views based on their daily or first-hand experiences. … Read More
Ken Bow – Meritorious Award 2020
At the 2019 Annual General Meeting held 18 July 2020, Ken Bow was the recipient of a Meritorious Award. Please read below for the full citation from the Gymnastics NZ Honours Committee: Ken is a member of the Gymnastics NZ Menʼs Technical/SDC Committee. His current position is Menʼs Judging Advisor. He is also a Life Member of Mid Island Gymsports, … Read More
Howard Hill – Life Membership 2020
At the 2019 Annual General Meeting held on Saturday 18 July 2020, the Gymnastics NZ Honours Committee had the pleasure of awarding Howard Hill Life Membership. Please find below the Honours Committee citation: In 1999 Howard Hill was awarded a Meritorious Award in recognition of hisservice in relation to 25 years of WAG service via Coaching, Membership of the WAG … Read More
Covid-19 Updates – 2020
Please see below for event updates in light of the evolving Covid-19 environment. Wednesday 12 August: The Prime Minister and Director General of Health last night announced that there are four new cases of Covid-19 in NZ, confirming community transmission. These cases are all in South Auckland and as a result Auckland is moving to Alert Level 3, and the … Read More
Two Ollerup Scholarships Awarded
We are really pleased to announce that not one, but two, coaches have been awarded an Ollerup Scholarship to commence in January 2020. Tara Fitzgerald from Waikanae Gymnastics Club is off to Olleryp to study Rhythmic Gymnastics with the aim to gain an in-depth knowledge in choreography and musicality, which she can also bring back to TeamGym. Tara is a … Read More
GymSchool 2019
While lots of people were sunning themselves at the beach during the weekend of January 12-13, a large group of dedicated coaches and athletes took part in GymSchool. GymSchool is a coach development weekend which included a multitude of practical coaching courses and workshops aimed at intermediate and higher-level coaches across all competitive gymnastic sports. A range of wonderful sport … Read More
Dylan’s back and the Girls medal
Eleven months after having knee surgery, Rio Olympian Dylan Schmidt (Icon Trampoline) returns to the trampoline world stage at the World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan, where he finished 5th. Two months later at the World Cup in Minsk, Belarus, he bettered that by one with a 4th place finish. A mere 0.225 off podium and only 0.81 from gold. A … Read More